Official Walsall F.C. Sites (8)

Standard stuff for most pro clubs as produced by the premiumTV scheme - dry, fairly informative, non-controversial and full of adverts trying to part you from your money! To view certain sections and to post on the forum, it is necessary to register.

Site giving details and booking facilities for the conference and banquet facilities at Bescot Stadium plus a link to the neighbouring Park Inn hotel. It's just a pity that the "thickos" in their marketing department haven't realised that Walsall is NOT in Birmingham!

Not strictly a Walsall Football Club site but one of a company whose history, since the late 1980s, has been inextricably linked to that of the Saddlers, including the construction of Bescot Stadium, the Park Inn hotel and the appointment of Peter Gilman to the Walsall F.C. board of directors (strangely, not mentioned on the G.M.I. site). It's just a pity that they can't spell 'Bescot'!

League Managers' Association site listing previous incumbents of the Saddlers' hot seat. Reg(?) Shaw - should be Ray; Billy(?) Moore - should be Bill. Also, in the late 19th Century/early 20th Century, the team was selected by the Secretary & Committee rather than one individual.

A Foreign Perspective (3)

A German site logging the visit of some German groundhoppers to the match at the Valley, which Walsall won 2-1 and which saw Colin Lee as manager for the first time. They also visited a number of West Midlands grounds but somehow missed out on a visit to Bescot Stadium - no accounting for tastes!!! Although in German, it is mainly pictorial.

Surely the strangest site of the lot - a record of the visit of a Japanese fan to the Walsall v. Norwich City game on 1st November 2003 (a game which saw Walsall's Paul Ritchie and Norwich's Peter Crouch sent off!). The text is in Japanese.

Individual Players' Sites (40)

MySpace Sites Featuring Past & Present Walsall F.C. Players

Warning - lovers of the English language should prepare to be appalled when viewing these sites, as the majority are polluted by that garbage that is "textspeak" - aarrgghh! One despairs of the standard of English education in our schools!

Defunct Sites (Sites no longer maintained but still out there in cyberspace!) (9)

Launched in August 2004, a very promising site. The title (a "take-off" of 4-4-2) refers to the tactical formation employed by Saddlers' manager, Paul Merson, in August 2004. Sadly, its Cannock-based administrator suspended updates as a protest against the brain-dead hooligan element at the F.A. cup tie at Slough on 13/11/04.

Tribute Site to JolySaddler (1)

In April 2006, Oliver Hewitt, a 23 year-old dedicated Saddlers fan, from Aldridge in Walsall, died suddenly and unexpectedly, of myocarditis. He was a very popular and much respected young man and this site was set up in his memory.

Spoof Site (1)

Listeners to BBC Radio WM's Saturday evening post-match phone-in, like, will know of Phil, like, a regular caller, like. His unique style of speaking, like, was at first an embarrasment, like, then an object of derision, like, until, finally, he gained cult status, like.

The club offers four levels of SMS text messaging news service. See the "Mobile Zone" on the official club site, above. To sign up, simply send a text message saying "CLUB WALS ON" to 88442. This is available on all six networks and is in addition to the networks' own services, listed below.